Project Description

Kenya
Tonny Gitonga
Sankara Nairobi

Please tell us a little bit about yourself:

My grandfather owns a coffee farm and most of my childhood was with him but I never had any interest in learning about coffee. With this background, I was shocked to have coffee change my life in such a transformative and exciting way, especially because i never took notice of it or even liked its taste. I am now a proud barista at Sankara Nairobi and I take every day as an opportunity to change people’s perspective on coffee just as mine was changed.

What are you excited to do while you are in Amsterdam?:

Indulge in its coffee tradition!

Please list the coffee competitions you have participated in, what year they took place, and your results:

World Coffee Events

The World Barista Championship is managed and produced by World Coffee Events, an event management organization registered in Dublin, Ireland. WCE was originally founded in 2011 by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe and the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which have since unified to become the Specialty Coffee Association.